D2L Brightspace vs. Moodle

D2L Brightspace

78 Reviews and Ratings

Moodle

243 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
D2L Brightspace	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	Brightspace is an academic and corporate learning management platform. It provides core e-learning features, as well as mobile accessibility and granular personalization and analytics insights.	N/A
Moodle	Score7.7 out of 10	N/A	Moodle is an open source learning management system with hundreds of millions of users around the globe and translated into over 100 languages, used by organizations to support their education and training needs.	N/A

Pricing

D2L Brightspace

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Pricing Offerings
D2L Brightspace	Moodle
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	Yes

No setup fee

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Must contact vendor for pricing information. 30-day free trial is available.

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	D2L Brightspace	Moodle
Considered Both Products	D2L Terri Johnson Cisco Faculty in Information Technology at Pikes Peak Community College (Education Management, 201-500 employees) Chose D2L Brightspace Desire2Learn was selected for me, but I find it to be simpler to navigate than Moodle, more intuitive. Blackboard was many years ago, but I find more flexibility in assigning due dates and end dates in the newer version of Desire2Learn. Incentivized Helpful? Traci Rushing Instructional Designer - Faculty at Southern Arkansas University Tech (Higher Education, 51-200 employees) Chose D2L Brightspace Brightspace is by far the most user-friendly LMS I have ever used. Faculty with a lower technical skill set have an easier time navigating Brightspace features. Teaching wise, I have also found Brightspace to be easier for students to navigate than its competitors. I adjunct … Incentivized Helpful? Laura Abercrombie Adjunct English Professor at Polk State College (Higher Education, 201-500 employees) Chose D2L Brightspace I was not involved in the selection process for my organization since I am only a professor. However, I have worked at 2 previous organizations that have used other online LMSs, and I think overall, D2L is at the top of the list of LMSs I find the most usable. Incentivized Helpful? Jennifer DeMack Instructional Designer in Professional Services at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design \| RMCAD (Higher Education, 201-500 employees) Chose D2L Brightspace eCollege WebCT Vista Blackboard Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose D2L Brightspace Some faculty have used WebCT, Blackboard, Angel and/or Moodle in the past. Most of us really do like D2L the very best! Helpful? Randi Tucker Barr, MBA, PhD Online Course Professor at Trine University (Higher Education, 201-500 employees) Chose D2L Brightspace Desire2Learn is a strong competitor of Blackboard, Moodle, and Angel learning management systems. As an online course facilitator, I have used other online learning management systems and find that Desire2Learn is user friendly and provides options equal to the competition. Helpful? Verified User Chose D2L Brightspace I have used Moodle the most frequently. I feel that Desire2Learn is lacking when compared to Moodle. Moodle is open source, allowing lots of customization and lower costs. In addition, Moodle's set-up seems far more intuitive than Desire2Learn's set-up. Blackboard also seemed … Helpful? Brenda Schoolfield Professor at Bob Jones University (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees) Chose D2L Brightspace I have used both Blackboard and Moodle as a student in classes; I used Moodle as a designer and instructor. While I was not on the LMS selection team, the major benefit of D2L seemed to be the willingness of the designers to listen to our needs and the cost of the system. While … Helpful? Verified User Chose D2L Brightspace Our review process found that the Desire2Learn product and newer Blackboard products were similar in most instances. Overall, our reviewer felt that after 10+ years of using a WebCT/Blackboard product they were ready for a change. Additionally, our administration felt that in … Helpful? Verified User Chose D2L Brightspace We did not select D2L. In fact pilot studies at our campus showed that faculty preferred Moodle by a wide margin. We were forced to select Desire2Learn by University System of Georgia. Their evaluation and final decision to select Desire2Learn was highly flawed. Helpful? Michelle Fisher Senior Instructional Designer for Teacher Education at West Chester University (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees) Chose D2L Brightspace I was not part of the organization when D2L was selected so cannot comment on the selection process. I believe Blackboard is more user friendly and intuitive for faculty members. I believe both have very similar tools but D2L's main drawback is the user interface design. … Helpful?	Moodle Verified User Chose Moodle I think Moodle blows most of these systems out of the water. While every system as something or lacks something, Moodle is a consistent and reliable learning partner. Despite being born from OpenSource, the community has worked very hard to improve it. The investment shows as … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Moodle Being completely free, Moodle comes out on top for any situation where the school is small or the budget it tight. Most of these other tools have paid services where there are professionals to assist with set-up or problem-solving. However, there is tons of information online … Incentivized Helpful? Samantha Blevins Instructor at Radford University (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Moodle We only use Moodle within our department. But the fact that it is a free system was a big plus! It also gets the job done for us when organizing faculty development opportunities. Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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Features

D2L Brightspace

Moodle

Comparison of Learning Management features of D2L Brightspace and Moodle
Feature	D2L Brightspace 5.8 10 Ratings	Moodle 8.0 29 Ratings
Course authoring	2.010 Ratings	8.725 Ratings
Course catalog or library	10.06 Ratings	8.026 Ratings
Player/Portal	9.87 Ratings	8.326 Ratings
Learning content	9.69 Ratings	7.724 Ratings
Mobile friendly	1.09 Ratings	5.726 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications	9.49 Ratings	8.527 Ratings
Assignments	2.010 Ratings	8.729 Ratings
Compliance management	8.01 Ratings	9.022 Ratings
Learning administration	2.09 Ratings	8.627 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics	2.010 Ratings	9.024 Ratings
Social learning	8.49 Ratings	7.426 Ratings
Gamification	00 Ratings	6.03 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning	00 Ratings	8.52 Ratings

User Ratings
	D2L Brightspace	Moodle
Likelihood to Recommend	1.0 (45 ratings)	8.0 (65 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (25 ratings)	10.0 (22 ratings)
Usability	6.4 (11 ratings)	8.0 (8 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (4 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (2 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (6 ratings)	7.4 (15 ratings)
Online Training	4.0 (2 ratings)	6.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	1.6 (3 ratings)	9.8 (2 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (3 ratings)